function Ut=wavdist1(Ua,za,Hw) % WAVDIST1: estimates wave effects on wind speed measured at za. % Ut=WAVDIST1(Ua,za,Hw) computes the 'true' wind speed Ut at the % measurement height za using the wind speed Ua measured at za and % measured wave height Hw. % % INPUT: Ua - wind speed [m/s] % za - wind measurement height [m] % Hw - wave height [m] % % OUTPUT: Ut - 'true' wind speed [m/s] % WAVDIST1 computes Ut from Ua using the neutral log profile corrected % for the effects of low-level distortion of the wind profile by surface % waves following Large, Morzel, and Crawford (1995), J. Phys. Oceanog., % 25, 2959-2971. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % 5/5/97: version 1.0 % 7/28/99: version 1.1 % 8/5/99: version 2.0 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% k=0.4; z10=10; A=log(z10./za)./k; % eliminate any Ua==0 jj=find(Ua==0); Ua(jj)=0.01.*ones(size(Ua(jj))); % compute uncorrected 10m wind speed u10=Ua; % initial guess for n=1:10; ustar=sqrt(cdnve(u10).*u10.^2); u10=Ua+ustar.*A; end % compute corrected 10m wind speed Ustar=ustar;U10=u10; % initial guesses Za=za./Hw;Z10=z10./Hw; for n=1:10; Ustar=sqrt(cdnve(U10).*U10.^2); U10=Ua+Ustar.*(log(z10./za)-omegalmc(Z10)+omegalmc(Za))./k; end % compute 'true' wind speed at za using U10, Ustar Ut=U10-Ustar.*A;